Esoteric Survey

Solar House (1957) by Peter Lee In 1954, a group of Arizona politicians, business leaders and Arizona State University joined forces with the Stanford Research Institute to form the Association for Applied Solar Energy  (AFASE) . The mission was to promote research and investment in solar energy. They held symposiums, exhibitions and s ponsored architecture and design competitions.  This included  a 1957 competition called  Living with the Sun.  Architects submitted designs for a solar house that would be built  in Phoenix. Concepts were submitted by  Paolo Soleri, Victor Olgyay, Davis, Brody and Wisniewski, and Leland Lewis Evison.  The prize-winning design was awarded to   University of Minnesota School of Architecture senior, Peter Lee .  Image:  ASU  via  A House in the Sun: Modern Architecture and Solar Energy in the Cold War  by Daniel A. Barber Image:  ASU  via  A House in ...

Rare Ralph Rapson table at Weinberg Modern  A legit Dan Cooper knock down butterfly table, also at  Weinberg Modern 

Rapson Inc., Boston Ralph Rapson, Harry Bertoia, Eames Alan Gould, Paul Laszlo Pacific Iron, Knoll  Rapson Inc., Boston Alvin Lustig Armin Richter, La Jolla Irving Szabo, Alvar Aalto,  Eames, Laverne,  Bruno Mathsson Design Center, San Diego Luther Conover, Greta Grossman, Modern Color, Knoll, Van Keppel Green, Eames Maurice Martine, South Laguna